Category: Middle East

DOJ Charges Iranian in Plot to Murder Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration charged a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday with plotting to murder John Bolton, a national security adviser to former President Donald Trump. The Justice Department alleged that Shahram Poursafi, also known as Mehdi Rezayi, 45, of Tehran, was likely motivated to kill Bolton in retaliation for the death of…


Israel, Islamic Jihad Terrorist Group Agree to Cease-Fire From Sunday Night

Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group agreed to a Cairo-mediated cease-fire to take effect late on Sunday, both sides said, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Israeli forces have pounded targets in Gaza since Friday, while the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorist…


Israeli Airstrike Kills 2nd Top Commander of Islamic Jihad Terrorist Group

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Israel said Sunday that it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, the second such targeted attack since it launched its high-stakes military offensive against the terrorist group just before the weekend. The Iran-backed terrorist group has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response. Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist group, which…


Air Strikes, Rocket Attacks Push Israel, Gaza Into Second Day of Fighting

GAZA/JERUSALEM—Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the Islamic Jihad terrorist group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day. Hamas, the Islamist terrorist group which controls the enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast close to the Jabalya refugee camp and blamed…


Bomb Blast in Kabul Kills 8, Injures More Than 20

KABUL—A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight people and injured 22, hospital officials and witnesses said. The bomb exploded in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shi’ite Muslim community regularly meet. ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack,…


Israeli Forces Kill Alleged Terrorist Leader, Attack Islamic Jihad in Gaza Strip

The Israel Defense Forces announced Friday it carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip as part of an anti-terrorist operation, leaving several dead, including a leader of the Islamic Jihad group. Taysir al-Jabari, who is in charge of Islamic Jihad’s military arm, died in the airstrikes in Gaza City, the group told several news outlets. Israeli officials…


Taliban: 2 Civilians Killed in a Bomb Blast in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD—A bomb hidden in a cart went off on Friday near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing two civilians and wounding another three, a Taliban official said. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the attack happened in western Kabul, in the Sar-e Karez…


Biden Admin Evacuated Hundreds From Afghanistan on US Watchlist: Whistleblower

Two GOP senators have urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to immediately investigate whistleblower allegations that hundreds of Afghan evacuees who appeared on official watchlists were not properly vetted before they were released into the United States. According to the DoD whistleblower, the Biden administration failed to properly vet 324 Afghan evacuees who appeared on the DoD’s Biometrically…


Biden Admin Evacuated Hundreds on US Watchlist From Afghanistan: Whistleblower

Two GOP senators have urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to immediately investigate whistleblower allegations that hundreds of Afghan evacuees who appeared on official watchlists were not properly vetted before they were released into the United States. According to the DoD whistleblower, the Biden administration failed to properly vet 324 Afghan evacuees who appeared on the DoD’s Biometrically…


Sydney Realtor Says Deaths of Saudi Sisters Not Random Crime

CANBERRA, Australia—The Sydney apartment where the bodies of two Saudi sisters were found in June is back on the rental market with a real estate ad advising their deaths were “not a random crime and will not be a potential risk for the community.” Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and her 23-year-old sister Amaal Abdullah Alsehli,…